Friday Night Hymn – I Love to Tell the Story

On Friday family nights, we sing a few hymns. The Gospel (Good News) of our Lord Jesus Christ has also been called The Greatest Story Ever Told, His-story, Perfect Myth and Perfect Fact (in “Myth Became Fact” by C.S. Lewis), and in one of the hymns we sang,“I Love to Tell the Story”, it’s called The Old, Old Story.

I Love to Tell the Story
Words by A. Katherine Hankey, Music by William G. Fischer

1. I love to tell the story of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love;
I love to tell the story, because I know ’tis true,
It satisfies my longings as nothing else would do.

Chorus:
I love to tell the story,
’Twill be my theme in glory,
To tell the old, old story
Of Jesus and His love.

2. I love to tell the story, more wonderful it seems
Than all the golden fancies of all our golden dreams;
I love to tell the story, it did so much for me,
And that is just the reason I tell it now to thee.

Chorus

3. I love to tell the story, ’tis pleasant to repeat,
What seems each time I tell it more wonderfully sweet;
I love to tell the story, for some have never heard
The message of salvation from God’s own holy Word.

Chorus

4. I love to tell the story, for those who know it best
Seem hungering and thirsting to hear it like the rest;
And when in scenes of glory I sing the new, new song,
’Twill be the old, old story that I have loved so long.

Chorus

Tuesday Night Prayer Meeting July 27, 2021

Join us in prayer this Tuesday, July 27, at 7:00 PM for prayer. We meet at the building, Mader Hall, across from the chapel itself. We usually meet for about an hour.

You can get directions on our website HERE

Mission Valley Community Chapel
6964 Mission Gorge Road
San Diego, CA 92120

July 25, 2021 Worship Service, sermon by Sohrab Ramtin

Watch our July 25, 2021 worship service including singing, announcements, a musical special, and a sermon by Dr. Sohrab Ramtin. We were blessed by a visiting singing group “The Believers” who sang the musical special “Stand and Leaning Medley.” The sermon by Sohrab was from I Thessalonians 2:7-12, “Parent Pictures of Ministry.”

The Chapel emphasizes the Lord Jesus Christ through Missions, Prayer, and the Word of God.

We are a Bible believing Christian church, an Open Plymouth Brethren assembly. All leadership is volunteer, enabling the majority of our giving to go to evangelists and missionaries worldwide. There are opportunities to serve for those interested in participating, including outreach, hospitality, and music.

Lord’s Supper: 9:30am (Except 1st Sunday of each month)
Sunday School: 10:00 am (all ages)
Coffee Break on patio: 11:00 am
Worship Service: 11:15am (Every Sunday)

We have a traditional worship service including hymn singing, prayer, announcements, a musical special, and a sermon from the Bible.)

July 25, 2021 adult Sunday school class by Tom Cantor from Matthew 15:21–28

Watch our July 25, 2021 adult Sunday school class taught by Tom Cantor from the Gospel of Matthew 15:21–28 about the Lord Jesus and the Canaanite woman emphasizing the importance of faith. Also, he shares from his experience in evangelism to the Jewish people. He is the founder of Israel Restoration Ministries. This is part of his teaching through the Gospel of Matthew.

The Chapel emphasizes the Lord Jesus Christ through Missions, Prayer, and the Word of God.

We are a Bible believing Christian church, an Open Plymouth Brethren assembly. All leadership is volunteer, enabling the majority of our giving to go to evangelists and missionaries worldwide. There are opportunities to serve for those interested in participating, including outreach, hospitality, and music.

Pastor James Mader’s obituary

Pastor Jim founded Mission Valley Community Chapel about 70 years ago. Though he pastored the Chapel before I came, I’ve heard many positive stories about him, especially of how much of a man of prayer he was.

Here is his obituary: “James Mader, 87, completed a 60 year pastorate before he died January 20, 2012. Jim won a Bronze Star in World War II…”

Read the rest HERE

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Sunday Hymn – Once for All

There are many ways of calling people to Christ, preaching, door-to-door evangelism, street preaching, personal evangelism, books, tracts, and also songs. Here is a song, a hymn, we sang last Sunday which calls people to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Once For All
Words & Music by Philip P. Bliss

1. Free from the law, O happy condition,
Jesus has bled, and there is remission;
Cursed by the law and bruised by the fall,
Grace has redeemed us once for all.

Chorus:
Once for all, O sinner, receive it,
Once for all, O friend, now believe it;
Cling to the cross, the burden will fall,
Christ has redeemed us once for all.

2. Now we are free, there’s no condemnation,
Jesus provides a perfect salvation;
“Come unto Me,” oh, hear His sweet call,
Come, and He saves us once for all.

Chorus

3. “Children of God,” O glorious calling,
Surely His grace will keep us from falling;
Passing from death to life at His call,
Blessed salvation once for all.

Chorus

Sunday Hymn – Saved by the Blood

Here is one of the hymns we sang last Sunday. Try reading or singing it as if you had never heard of Christianity or the Bible before. Listen to what it is really saying as if for the first time. This is a way of seeing just how amazing God and His salvation is. (And remember that crucifixion was used as a shameful and painful from of execution.)

Saved by the Blood
Words by S.J. Henderson, Music by Daniel B. Towner

1. Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!
Now ransomed from sin and a new work begun,
Sing praise to the Father and praise to the Son,
Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!

Chorus:
Glory, I’m saved! Glory, I’m saved!
My sins are all pardoned, my guilt is all gone!
Glory, I’m saved! Glory, I’m saved!
I’m saved by the blood of the Crucified One!

2. Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!
The angels rejoicing because it is done;
A child of the Father, joint-heir with the Son,
Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!

Chorus

3. Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!
The Father He spake, and His will it was done;
Great price of my pardon, His own precious Son;
Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!

Chorus

4. Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!
All hail to the Father, all hail to the Son,
All hail to the Spirit, the great Three in One!
Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!

Chorus

Join us for our July 23 Friday family night

[Edits were made on the time and dishes.]Join us on Friday, July 23, 2021, for our Summer Friday family night. We have a potluck starting at about 6:00 PM, and an informal service at 7:30 PM. The service includes hymn singing, a memory verse, a presentation, and a closing chorus from the last two verses of Jude. This year, people are usually giving their testimony for the presentation.

Families usually bring a main dish and salad or dessert, singles one dish, but if this is your first time, you don’t have to, as some of us bring extra.

You can find directions HERE on our website.

Mission Valley Community Chapel
6469 Mission Gorge Rd
San Diego, CA 92120

Days of Creation Video for Kids by “Grandma” Joelee

“Grandma“ Joelee from the chapel a has video “Days of Creation Video for Kids.”

This 10-minute video follows Genesis 1 and shows the days of Creation one at a time using colored sketches. She show a simple pattern in the days that helps in memorization. Strictly Bible and includes the Gospel at the end. For ages 4-10, though adults can also use this as a review.

This can be used for children’s Sunday school, homeschooling, child evangelism, or just enjoyment! It is part of her Children’s Bible Audios-Stories for Kids ministry

How a Jew Learned the Meaning of Isaiah 53 by Tom Cantor

“Even though I was taught the Bible in Synagogue as a Jewish child, I never understood the meaning of Isaiah 53. But the story of a Japanese boy helped me understand the full and beautiful meaning of this Scripture passage.
The following is a true story of a boy in Japan named Nozomi…”

Read the rest of How a Jew Learned the Meaning of Isaiah 53

The author, Tom Cantor, is a Jewish believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, the founder of Israel Restoration Ministries, and a teacher at Mission Valley Community Chapel. He is also the founder of Scantibodies Laboratory.

I find it interesting that the kind act of a Japanese boy helped this Jewish man understand the meaning of Isaiah 53. I think this is because God is the God of all nations, and we are all created in his image. Also, the Lord Jesus Christ is both God and man. When we act in a kind or a good way, we are being godly, which points back to the original, God, and “the image of the invisible God, the Firstborn,” the Lord Jesus who is God in the flesh.

Tom has told another story that gives good advice he learned in Japan. In Japan after a big success with his business, he went out to dinner with some Japanese businessmen. They told him the Japanese proverb, “After a victory, tighten the straps on your helmet.“ This is the advice that after a great victory is often when we’re most vulnerable.

Remember how the Prophet Elijah got so down after his victory over the prophets of Baal when he found out Jezebel was out to kill him? We need to understand that after a victory is when the enemy may attack, and we may feel the least prepared for such an attack. This is good, practical advice to remember.

You can more articles and links on our blog HERE at Jewish evangelism